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No. 564,902. Patented July 28, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIDNEY H. SHORT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE SHORT ELECTRICRAIIAVAY COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ELECTRIC-MOTOR SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 564,902, dated July 28,1896.

Application filed October 3, 1889. Serial No. 325,878. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SIDNEY H. SHORT, of Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Electric-Motor Supports; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 isa'plan view,'and Fig. 3 is a view of a modification.

The axles of the car-truck are represented at a a, and between saidaxles a frame F is disposed. The frame F may be made U- shaped in form,one end thereof being supported at two points upon one axle and theother end of said frame being suspended from and supported by the otheraxle at a single point, the support of said frame F by the axles beingentirely independent of the yielding support of the car body. Anelectric motor M is disposed between the parallel members of the frame Fand has a pivotal connec tion with the axle at one end and supported bythe frame at the other through the medium of a horizontal bar cl,extending across above the line of the frame and bearing against rubberor other yielding cushions supported on the upper surfaces of the limbsof the frame.

In Fig. 3 the frame is bent so that one end will be supported by oneaxle above the'latter and the other end suspended from the other axle,the free end of the motor M being connected with the frame F by means ofa link.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In amotor-mounting, the combination with two axles, of a frame mounted onthe axles independently of the yielding support for the car-body, saidframe havinga support at two points upon one axle and suspended at asingle point at its other end, from the other axle, a motor disposedbetween the members of said frame and pivotally connected at one endwith the axle between the two bearings of said frame thereon, and aconnection between the other end of said motor and said frame,substantially as set forth.

2.- In a motor-mounting, the combination with two axles, of a U-shapedframe having the free ends of its members mounted on one axle, a singleconnection between the other end of the frame and the other axle, amotor disposed within said frame and pivoted at one end to the axle uponwhich both members of the frame are supported, a cross-bar secured tothe other end of the motor and yielding devices between the ends of saidcrossbar and said frame, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

SIDNEY H. SHORT.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. ERIOKSON, A. B. CALHOUN.

